Necktie-supporter for collars.



A. KILSTROM.

NECKTIE SUPPORTER FOR OOLLARS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1911.

' 1,052,725. Patented Feb. 11,1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pat

To-allwlzom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Axial. 'Kins'rnoM, a

Hcitizenf of. the United States,' residing at pertains to make anduse the-seine.

Providence, i'n the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefullinprovenients in Necktie Su porters for'Colla-rs; and I do declare the f0 lowingto be a full,- clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled; in the art to which it ap This inventionisa'neckt e sup orter for turn-over collars, and the object 0 the same is to provide an extremely cheap and simple device which when inserted within-the collar will. spread its told aiid prevent the tie y from binding therein, and whichis' so con .knot is drawn .four-imhand tie. The device is intended for;

structed that it supportstheb'and of the tlQ" ivvhre it passes around the collar and prevents it from slipping downward as the tig t'in the wet of'tying 1i:

- application to the collar at either side of its} frontfopeningland as near the knot as as; sible. without'being exposed; and, w. ile

it supports the band of the tie as'just stated,

- it is' intended for attachment-to theba'nd of the collar'rather thanto the outer portion or win behind which it is completelyconcea ed.

' The objects .of

this invention are carried.

" out by the construction? hereinafter inore fully described.

. Inthe accompanying,dmwings;Figure I is an inside view of a collar showing the :invention'applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3'is a. detail perspective view of one of the su porters removedfrom the cola .lar; Fig-. 4 1s a. horizontal sectional view.

through. the tie engaging bar of the sup:

porter; Fig. 5 is an nside view of a porf tion of the collar showing the opening provided to receive the supporter; Fig. 6' 1s a vertical sectional view of a portion of the collar on the .line 6-6 of.'Fig.. 2 p

My improved tie supporter comprises a narrow upright tie-engaging bar 1 having on its lowerend a 'fiat platewhich is' bent upwardly to form aftie receiving loop .2-and then downwardly 'to form a' collar-engaging hook 4. The lower-end of the metal .forming the hook is tapered orrounded and bent outwardly to a slight extent tofacilitate the Q len voutward a forms a ,u-rther and important function and engagement of the same-with the collar as will be hereinafter more fully described.

slightly rounded transversely and is smooth and highly polished tofacilitate the' slidiiig z 1 e of the tie between the sameand-the collar;

The up erQe'nd of the bar 1 is bent or vcurved outwar as at 10 to a slight extent to spread the fold of a turn-over collar andspace-the upper portion of the bar from the collar the same distance as the lower ranged .near each end' of'tlie collar, The

supporters arearranged between the innerio I aindyouter-members of the/collar, and; are

removablyattached to it by inserting the hooks 4'throughlongitudinal eyelets orslits 5 formed in" the inner member: of the collar I asshewn. "When the supporters are thus arrang ed and fastened to the collar they :form spaced guides for the tie and hold the inner and outer members of thecollar apartthus preventing the same from binding against the tie andinterfering' with the free move- 8o 'nientof the same through the collar while sarne, but further by the employment of the Wide, lip 2, together with said upper contacti'ng end ofthe bar and the opposite lon-i gitudinal-edgesof the latter, said bar is'held m a fixed necktie receiving position within the collar. It is further to be gbserved'that I the bar. is contrived throughput its entire h from its end 10' includingithe'lower nec tie receiving portion of the hook for engaging the collar, whereby the necktie can .be' easily and conveniently'firawn through 1o 0 the-collar. The concavo convex form of the and. upwardly turned end 10 is'adapted tobindin'gly clamp the necktie;

against movement after the same. has :been properly adjusted within the collar by for'cing said-necktie between said end and outer fold of the collar with which it normally contacts.

' Nhile my-lmpr'oved supporters may be 110. --em-ploycd in connection with any collar, I

preferably use'the same with a specially v The tie engagingt bar 1 is a"cur-v'ed .t

portion is spaced 65 .bythe loop-2', v 1" I Two supporters are preferably provided for --each collar; one supporter" being ar ging end -10 for contact with one 85 the collar adjacent 'toi the'curved t portion thereof, and, therefore, the folds 15 invention will vbe readily understood With- "constructed 'collar 6 whereof the 'inner mem as shown at .7, 3' thus removing a portion her is cut out or recessed for a suitable distance oneach side of'theback button hole ofthe inner mem erof the; colla'r'the fricti'on'or binding of the same on the tie is fur- 'From the foregoing'description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the eonsti'uction and operation of the out requiring a more extended explanation.

j Havlng thus described my invention what Ijclaim 1s;- 1

The herein described"necktie supporter for turn down collars-consisting of an up-' right bar having its upper end slightly bentoutwardly-and upwardly to spread the fold copiel'otthis patent may be obtained (or flve'cen'ts' each,- by addressing the Commissioner of intents,

Washington, 1). c.

of the collar below the creased portion thereof, the lower end ofvtlie barbeing bent 4 outwardly in the same direction a's it' s'upper end and carried upwardly and downwardlyto form a hook for movable engag'ement with slits located adjacent to the lower edge of the collar, said bar being curved transversely along its entire length to form a econvex necktie engaging surface from its Tend to the receiving portion of the hook,'thc I hook thus formed being of: a size to unitormlyspace thefolds of the collar when thedeviceis properly positioned, the longig tudinal projectin edges of the device being in contact with t e' -inner fold of the collar,

.whereby'the necktie'is adapted to be forced between the 'concavo convex upper end of the bar and outer fold of thecollar to prevent displacement of the necktie after the same has been properly adjusted- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand inp resencc of two subscribing witnesses'. r

'Witnesses: v ALBERT- M. WHIPPLE,

BESSIE A. KIMBALL.

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